CURRENT MISSION

To have my own (remote) house by the water/mountains with a hammock, trees and a big organic garden in the backyard, teaching English full time while traveling the world and meeting amazing people!

ABOUT ME

Hiya!

Currently living and working in Gaspé - one of the most gorgeous places on earth! Surrounded by water and mountains, it's great for kite-surfing, hiking, beachin', camping and rock climbing in summer, as well as snowshoeing, downhill/cross-country skiing in winter.

I've taught ESL in France, South Korea, Canada and Australia since I graduated - thus spent 5 years traveling and living overseas, meeting A LOT of people, celebrating life to more than its full extent, seeing so much yet so little, experiencing new sensations, smells, vibrations, learning every second of it, connecting with life and its breath-taking creatures! I believe in being open-minded, peaceful, kind to one another, understanding, positive and blithe.

Indeed, "people grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built."

PHILOSOPHY

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Buddha

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

After much traveling, I can finally host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great, albeit quite limited!

Interests

Here and now, first of all.

I'm crazy about my dog, the outdoors, beachin', traveling, good people, piano, bbqs on the beach, starry skies, eating (goat's) cheese, teaching, hiking new summits, jazz & blues, watching hilarious tv shows/movies, the creative power of mind and hands, swimming, yoga, solitude, tea, learning, sleeping in, different seasons, and the smell of a wood stove in cold and dark winter.

• dogs
• fish
• cheese
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• jazz
• piano
• blues
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• hiking
• windsurfing
• camping
• surfing
• skiing
• snowshoeing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Morcheeba, Cafe Del Mar, John Butler Trio, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Massive Attack, Radiohead, The Cure, Feist, Ben Harper, Cali, Robert Charlebois, Missy Higgins, Jean Leloup, Chicane, The Doors, Ani DiFranco, Macy Gray, Portishead, Juanes, Moloko, Erik Satie, Jacques Brel, Melissa Etheridge, Bob Marley, Ludacris, oldies like Janis Joplin (saw her house in California!!), Marvin Gaye, Al Green and Jimi Hendrix, Tom Waits, and a big fan of Jazz and Blues including Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carol Sloane, John Lee Hooker, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Maceo Parker, Red Garland, Stan Getz, etc.etc.etc.etc.etc!!

As for books, favorite author is Romain Gary but I read pretty much anything

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Define amazing? Well there definitely have been some unusual experiences that vibrated a few emotions within...
I've been broke in Ubud, Indonesia with a cab fare to pay in the middle of the night.Lived on a Korean island for a year.I rode on an elephant trunk.Cut my leg open just 10 minutes after I started my first windsurfing lesson in Dominican Republic and ended up with 12 stitches and 8 inner ones.
Visited the Great Wall in China on a foggy day; therefore, I did not see a thing.
Sailed the Withsunday islands in Queensland for a week.
Was fed a fish eye in South Korea - apparently an "honor".Dived the Great Barrier reef in Australia.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, France, South Korea